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Our mission:

As a leading research university with a distinctive

commitment to undergraduate education, Rice

University aspires to pathbreaking research,

unsurpassed teaching and contributions to the

betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this mission

by cultivating a diverse community of learning and

discovery that produces leaders across the spectrum

of human endeavor.

 

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Unique higher ed environment

• Extremely competitive

• Dynamic

• Slow and resistant to change

• Highly visible and scrutinized

• Extensively regulated

• Widespread sense of “crisis” and “disruption”

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Forces reshaping higher education

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Undergraduate admissions:Fall 2003 and 2013

6 As of Sep 2013Source: Office of Registrar

2013 undergraduate entering class

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For each year, only countries with 10 or more enrolled UGs each are identified.

Source: Enrollment Data, Office of the Registrar

17%

12%

11%

11%

49%

Fall 2007164 Students

17%

59%

2%4%

18%

Fall 2013448 Students

South Korea

China

India

Canada

Other

“Other” includes 37 countries, Fall 2013

Enrolled international Undergraduates

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Affordability

Sticker price: About $5,000 to $8,000 below most AAU peers• FY 14: $51,941 tuition, fees and room and board (Rice)

Percent of entering class with financial aid: about 60 percent

Percent of entering class with Pell Grants• Fall 2010: 15.2 percent• Fall 2011: 16.7 percent• Fall 2012: 18.7 percent• Fall 2013: 14.6 percent

Percent of graduating undergrads without student loans• 2010: 61 percent• 2011: 68 percent• 2012: 70 percent• 2013: 70 percent

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Centennial Campaign

• Endowed Scholarships$106 million, including $83 million for undergraduate scholarships  

• New or expanded programs Asian studies, Jewish studies, urban research, religious tolerance, global health and leadership, undergraduate business minor, sociology, master of accounting, teaching excellence, OwlSpark  

• New research and classroom facilities Brockman Hall for Physics, biosciences, Klein Hall for Social Sciences, Anderson-Clarke Center for Continuing Studies and Moody Center for the Arts  

• Campus improvements Brochstein Pavilion, Gibbs Recreation and Wellness Center, Tudor Fieldhouse, James Turrell Skyspace and other art, OEDK, Rice Chapel

• CollegesDuncan and McMurtry Colleges, Seibel Servery and Wilson House

• Alumni giving rate Total campaign: 60 percent FY 2013: 31 percent

Goal exceeded: $1.1 billion raised

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Capital projects and plans:Moving west

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Projected completions• Anderson Clarke Center (January 2014)• George R. Brown tennis facility (April 2014)• Klein Hall

Post 2015(depending on fundraising) • Opera theater• Moody Center for the Arts• Football facilities• Soccer and track pavilion

Campus planning studies• Infrastructure: tunnels, roads, PARKING, storm water • Impact of land development strategies • RMC

Capital projects and plans:Moving west

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V2C

PNCThe application of the V2C to the

first decade of our second century

Priorities for the new century

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Priorities for the new century

Campus infrastructure investments

Administrative effectiveness and efficiency

Strategic academic priorities

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Strategic academic priorities

Enhancing research

Quality teaching and

digital learning

TMC relations and biosciences

Energy and environmen

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Arts initiative

International engagement

Entrepreneurial university

SecondCentury

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Quality teaching

• Center for Teaching Excellence: Josh Eyler, directorFellows:Lisa Balabanlilar Rachel KimbroSteven Cox Kathleen MatthewsReto Geiser Albert NapierBridget Gorman Marcia O’MalleyJane Grande-Allen Ann SaterbakMichael Gustin Richard StollJason Hafner Robert WestbrookMatthias Henze

• Senate Committee on Teaching• Rice MOOCs for edX and Coursera• Rice’s Center for Digital Learning and Scholarship

New developments

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Rice’s digital portfolio

On campus teaching• Lecture capture (BA/BS, MS)• Flipped classrooms (digital and face-to-face)• Selected distance learning (MS, MBA)

Beyond campus teaching• MOOCs: edX (9 courses) and Coursera (17 courses)

Support of teaching K-20: Multimode digital tests and curricula• OpenStax: 5 of 25 books to reach more than 1 million college

students and potential K-12• STEMscopes: K-12-only digital curricula reaching more than 1.5

million Texas students

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#RiceWalkabout

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Strategic initiatives

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Learning outside the classroom

Leadership experience• SA and college government• Student organizations• BIPP student forum

Entrepreneurial experience• Student-run businesses• OwlSpark

Internships• More than 200 per year: BIPP, Leadership Rice, Sports Management,BCB and Social Sciences

Research• Rice 360• OEDK

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From the SA: Our Rice, Our Vision

• Cultivate academic excellence• Strengthen the Rice identity• Preserve Rice’s accessibility• Empower students to become dynamic scholars• Expand the role of the residential college system• Expand student life resources• Promote wellness and balance• Foster collaborative relationships• Engage communities beyond the hedges• Build innovative leaders

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How are we doing?

Leiden Ranking: World’s top universities (2013)• No. 1 in natural sciences and engineering• No. 6 for all sciences

US News & World Report (2014)• Among top 20 national universities since 1988• Tied for No. 18 in 2014 ranking, down from No. 17 tie in 2013

Max Planck Society in Germany (2013)• No. 1 for material sciences and chemistry• No. 2 for engineering• No. 4 physics and astronomy• No. 8 in computer science

Princeton Review (2014)(survey of students in 378 top universities)• No. 1 best quality of life• No. 2 happiest students• No. 3 best-run colleges• No. 5 great financial aid• No. 6 “their students love these colleges”• No. 10 best health services• No. 10 for lots of race/class interaction (only AAU school in top 10)• No. 12 best athletic facilities

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RICEResponsibility, Integrity, Community, Excellence

Values that define our culture and guide our behavior

 

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